Communications of the ACM
December 2020
Computer Systems Research: The Joys, the Perils, and How to Count Beans Well
12.04.2020This post is meant to highlight my subjective take on the joys and the road bumps on the way to …
Birthday Bit Boundaries
12.01.2020Which birthdays would have special significance if our culture were binary-based instead of decimal-based?
Dijkstra Was Wrong About 'Radical Novelty': Metaphors in CS Education
11.30.2020The most cited CS education paper is, unfortunately, wrong.
Cyberattacks Discovered on Vaccine Distribution Operations
12.04.2020IBM has found that companies and governments have been targeted …
Computing Empowers Immune Cells to Kill Cancer
12.03.2020A team of computer scientists and bioengineers has developed a …
Does AI in Healthcare Need More Emotion?
12.03.2020Emotion artificial intelligence applications in healthcare are rare, with many …
Technologies for the Visually Impaired
The last decade has seen major advancements in technology for the blind and visually impaired, but problems remain.
Softening Up Robots
Giving robots soft, artificial skin would enable them to work more closely with people.
